Archive 2021
Norway Chess 2021 took place between September 7 – 17 in Stavanger, Norway. The tournament was played at Clarion Hotel.
Magnus Carlsen won the tournament.
| Norway Chess 2021 | |||
| Pairings | |||
| Game results | Round score | ||
| ROUND 1 – Tuesday 7 | |||
| Alireza FIROUZJA | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon ½-½ | Magnus CARLSEN | 1 – 1.5 |
| Aryan TARI | Classical game 0-1 | Richard RAPPORT | 0 – 3 |
| Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | Classical game 1-0 | Sergey KARJAKIN | 3 – 0 |
| ROUND 2 – Wednesday 8 | |||
| Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 1-0 | Alireza FIROUZJA | 1.5 – 1 |
| Magnus CARLSEN | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 1-0 | Aryan TARI | 1.5 – 1 |
| Sergey KARJAKIN | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon ½-½ | Richard RAPPORT | 1 – 1.5 |
| ROUND 3 – Thursday 9 | |||
| Alireza FIROUZJA | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 0-1 | Sergey KARJAKIN | 1 – 1.5 |
| Aryan TARI | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 0-1 | Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | 1 – 1.5 |
| Richard RAPPORT | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon ½-½ | Magnus CARLSEN | 1 – 1.5 |
| ROUND 4 – Friday 10 | |||
| Aryan TARI | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 0-1 | Sergey KARJAKIN | 1 – 1.5 |
| Magnus CARLSEN | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 1-0 | Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | 1.5 – 1 |
| Richard RAPPORT | Classical game 1-0 | Alireza FIROUZJA | 3 – 0 |
| REST DAY – Saturday 11 | |||
| ROUND 5 – Sunday 12 | |||
| Alireza FIROUZJA | Classical game 1-0 | Aryan TARI | 3 – 0 |
| Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 1-0 | Richard RAPPORT | 1.5 – 1 |
| Sergey KARJAKIN | Classical game 1-0 | Magnus CARLSEN | 3 – 0 |
| ROUND 6 – Monday 13 | |||
| Magnus CARLSEN | Classical game 1-0 | Alireza FIROUZJA | 3 – 0 |
| Richard RAPPORT | Classical game 1-0 | Aryan TARI | 3 – 0 |
| Sergey KARJAKIN | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 1-0 | Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | 1.5 – 1 |
| ROUND 7 – Tuesday 14 | |||
| Alireza FIROUZJA | Classical game 1-0 | Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | 3 – 0 |
| Aryan TARI | Classical game 0-1 | Magnus CARLSEN | 0 – 3 |
| Richard RAPPORT | Classical game 1-0 | Sergey KARJAKIN | 3 – 0 |
| ROUND 8 – Wednesday 15 | |||
| Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | Classical game 0-1 | Aryan TARI | 0 – 3 |
| Magnus CARLSEN | Classical game 1-0 | Richard RAPPORT | 3 – 0 |
| Sergey KARJAKIN | Classical game 0-1 | Alireza FIROUZJA | 0 – 3 |
| ROUND 9 – Thursday 16 | |||
| Aryan TARI | Classical game 0-1 | Alireza FIROUZJA | 0 – 3 |
| Magnus CARLSEN | Classical game 1-0 | Sergey KARJAKIN | 3 – 0 |
| Richard RAPPORT | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 0-1 | Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | 1 – 1.5 |
| ROUND 10 – Friday 17 | |||
| Alireza FIROUZJA | Classical game 1-0 | Richard RAPPORT | 3 – 0 |
| Ian NEPOMNIACHTCHI | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 0-1 | Magnus CARLSEN | 1 – 1.5 |
| Sergey KARJAKIN | Classical game ½-½ Armageddon 1-0 | Aryan TARI | 1.5 – 1 |
The players and organizers at the prize ceremony 2021
Regulations and prize fund
- 6 players are to take part in the Tournament.
- The Tournament is a double round-robin event. Berger tables will be used for the pairings and drawing of lots will be done at the Players meeting.
- The Tournament consists of 10 rounds. Players play each other twice. Colors are reversed the second time.
- Time control main game:
Each player will have 120 minutes on the clock with an increment of 10 seconds after move 40. Participant is obliged to record the moves on the score sheet starting from the first move. A player can stop recording the moves when he has less than 5 minutes. - Time control Armageddon game:
white has 10 minutes and black has 7 minutes with an increment of 1 second per move, starting from move 41. - Players are not allowed to agree on a draw until after move 30.
- Points. Players will get following points per round:
Victory main game: 3 points
Loss main game: 0 points
Draw main game & victory Armageddon: 1.5 points
Draw main game & loss Armageddon: 1 point - If there is a draw in the classical game then the players will move on to Armageddon within 20 minutes after the draw.
- White pieces will continue with white in Armageddon.
With this, there will be a winner in each game due to the fact that black pieces will win if the game ends in a draw. - In case of shared first place, there will be a blitz play-off to decide the winner. If two players share first place, there will be a 2-game match with 3 min. + 2 sec increment for each move. If this match ends in a tie, there will be an Armageddon game where white has 5 minutes and black has 4 minutes with an increment of 3 seconds per move, starting from move 61 with draw odds. If more than two players share first place, there will be a double round-robin with the following tiebreaks:
A: Sonneborn-Berger points.
B: Most wins.
C: Most wins with the black pieces.
D: Drawing of lots. - Tiebreak for the main tournament.
A: Sonneborn-Berger points.
B: Most wins.
C: Most wins with the black pieces.
The total prize fund of the Tournament was 1.810.000 Norwegian kroner (NOK).
| Place #1 | NOK 700.000 |
| Place #2 | NOK 370.000 |
| Place #3 | NOK 230.000 |
| Place #4 | NOK 180.000 |
| Place #5 | NOK 170.000 |
| Place #6 | NOK 160.000 |